Author(s)

Syed Samser Ali, Amitabha Bhattacharya, Dipak Ranjan Poddar

.
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology & Management, Durgapur, India.

This paper deals with the design of bidirectional coupler for broadband power line communication and the impedance matching technique with the power line. This coupler can be used for both transmitting and receiving the data, acting as transceiver. The impedance mismatching problem is also solved here using line trap circuit. The coupler circuit is capable of transmitting or receiving modulated signals with carrier frequency of 15 MHz which can be used for domestic as well as distribution power networks. Laboratory prototype tested using power line network consists of electrical household appliances and results show that the circuit is able to facilitate bidirectional band pass transmission.

Coupling Circuits; Line Trap Circuit; Broadband

S. Ali, A. Bhattacharya and D. Poddar, "Design of Bidirectional Coupling Circuit for Broadband Power-Line Communications," Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications, Vol. 4 No. 4, 2012, pp. 162-166. doi: 10.4236/jemaa.2012.44021.